History VideoGame / Persona4DancingAllNight

* ArtShift: Some of the character portraits count as this. A person with a good eye can tell how the color palette can look off when looking down from the face to the body. Yu is a very special case, as he was redrawn entirely once more and sports thicker outlines than his team does.

* BareYourMidriff: Employed by both Rise and Chie's new costumes.

** Chie opens up her signature green jacket and wears a BareYourMidriff tanktop.

** Rise wears a revealing concert "uniform", compete with AbsoluteCleavage and BareYourMidriff.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:After giving into the Eternal Bond, the members of Kanami Kitchen are transformed into Shadow-like creatures, becoming "the you everyone wants you to be".]]

* AscendedMeme: The Lotus Juice remix of "Backside of the TV" has lyrics referencing the catchy [[note]]BABYBABYBABYBABY[[/note]] opening of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s main battle theme.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Mystic's Way provides an 800% increase in the amount of money earned from a dance, at the cost of making notes invisible.

* FingerlessGloves: Yosuke's sporting a pair in his new look.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. [=PS4=] owners will also be able to download ''Dancing All Night'' when the two games release.

* AuthorExistenceFailure: InUniverse, the song "Calystegia" suffered from this, until it was picked up by Kanamin Kitchen.

* OddballInTheSeries: Yeah, ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' might be filled with [[AwesomeMusic/ShinMegamiTensei awesome music]], but it's not exactly known as a music game series. Even the [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena fighting game]] seems normal compared to this.

* WolverinePublicity: Rise was the first character to show up in the first teaser trailer and is also featured on the limited edition box. She is also a big force in driving the story.

*** The equivalent game from [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Persona 3]] clearly takes place during the main story, instead of after the main plot's resolution like the former[[note]]The key clue is the fact that the main character, Makoto Yuki, is [[spoiler: alive]]]]...although the characters don't seem to show their angst any more than the Persona 4 cast. Conversely, ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight]] explicitly takes place after the resolution of the game it is based on[[note]]As evidenced by the fact that Joker notes that [[spoiler: Lavenza split into Justine and Caroline again]]]], and shows that the characters, while in much better places than they were before, are still growing, and occasionally struggling with who they are, though not nearly to the extent of the main game.

*** The equivalent games from [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Persona 3]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight Persona 5]] presumably takes place during the main stories/conflicts, instead of after the main plots' resolutions like the former...although the characters don't seem to show their angst any more than the Persona 4 cast.

* AscendedMeme: The Lotus Juice remix of "Backside of the TV" has lyrics referencing the infamous EarWorm [[note]]BABYBABYBABYBABY[[/note]] opening of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'''s main battle theme.

* RoleReprisal: After [[TheOtherDarrin various voice actors changed over the course of the series]], three remained throughout the entire ''Persona 4'' series: Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Yu, Creator/YuriLowenthal as Yosuke, and Creator/AmandaWinnLee as Yukiko.

* TheCameo: [[Videogame/HatsuneMikuProjectDiva Hatsune Miku]] makes a non-canon appearance, complete with a costume designed by the Persona character designer.

* MythologyGag: The audience hype meter is represented by a set of colored press turn icons from the SNES ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games.

* LighterAndSofter: Applies to the Free Dance Mode and its GoKartingWithBowser vibe, but zigzagged, and ultimately downplayed in the Story Mode.
** On one hand, literally, the first thing you see is [[spoiler:Yuko Osada's]] on-screen suicide and the plot might just qualify for the darkest in any of the ''Persona'' spin-offs released so far, dealing with topic such as [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corruption in the entertainment business]], loss of individuality, deep trauma, depression, sexual exploitation of women in the media, the effect of [[CreatorBreakdown fan backlash on celebrities' self-image]] and broken dreams. Further, [[spoiler:Apathy Syndrome]] returns as a plot point.
** However, all of the main characters from the previous games are in a better position to help others, having overcome, or come to terms with, their personal dramas that started the story of [[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4 proper]]. Their mission in saving Kanamin Kitchen and others is also more straightforward, where they have a better idea of the culprit. Furthermore, there is less violence overall which resulted in a more relaxed age rating. While the above suicide in the prologue is nightmarish, that is the only death shown - compared to the main story having at least 3 canon deaths (and possibly more if you screw up the playthrough) - [[spoiler: and everyone else here returns home safely for the epilogue with a high and confident note]]. The first point also applies in comparison to this game's [[VideoGame/Persona3DancingInMoonlight Persona 3]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight Persona 5]] counterparts, as the latter two games presumably takes place during the main stories/conflicts, instead of after the main plots' resolutions like the former.

** However, all of the main characters from the previous games are in a better position to help others, having overcome, or come to terms with, their personal dramas that started the story of [[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4 proper]]. Their mission in saving Kanamin Kitchen and others is also more straightforward, where they have a better idea of the culprit. Furthermore, there is less violence overall which resulted in a more relaxed age rating. While the above suicide in the prologue is nightmarish, that is the only death shown - compared to the main story having at least 3 canon deaths (and possibly more if you screw up the playthrough) - [[spoiler: and everyone else here returns home safely for the epilogue with a high and confident note]].

* {{Telepathy}}: Rise is still able to use Himiko to communicate this way with the other members of the Investigation Team. She also uses this power to broadcast the music from her MP3 player to all of the characters and shadows, explaining where the music everyone is dancing to comes from.

** However, all of the main characters from the previous games are in a better position to help others, having overcome, or come to terms with, their personal dramas that started the story of [[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4 proper]]. Their mission in saving Kanamin Kitchen and others is also more straightforward, where they have a better idea of the culprit. Furthermore, there is less violence overall which resulted in a more relaxed age rating. While the above suicide is nightmarish, that is the only death shown, compared to the main story having at least 3 canon deaths (and possibly more if you screw up the playthrough).

* LighterAndSofter: Applies to the Free Dance Mode and its GoKartingWithBowser vibe, but ultimately averted in the Story Mode. Literally, the first thing you see is [[spoiler:Yuko Osada's]] on-screen suicide and the plot might just qualify for the darkest in any of the ''Persona'' spin-offs released so far, dealing with topic such as [[CorruptCorporateExecutive corruption in the entertainment business]], loss of individuality, deep trauma, depression, sexual exploitation of women in the media, the effect of [[CreatorBreakdown fan backlash on celebrities' self-image]] and broken dreams. Further, [[spoiler:Apathy Syndrome]] returns as a plot point.

Two sequels were announced on August 2, 2017, ''VideoGame/Persona3DancingMoonNight'' and ''VideoGame/Persona5DancingStarNight'', releasing Spring 2018 for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. [=PS4=] owners will also be able to download ''Dancing All Night'' when the two games release.

[[caption-width-right:350:Well, this is [[OddballInTheSeries different]]...]]

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